Copy of a typewritten newsletter, the Mantinband Megillah, from Rabbi Charles and Anna Mantinband to friends dated 1963, in which the Mantinbands discuss events in their life during the past year. Included in the letter is information about their...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, and Sara, dated June 23, 1964. Discusses voter registration canvassing activities, other aspects of his work in and around Clarksdale, Mississippi, as well as...

Typewritten letter from Matthew Zwerling to his parents, Israel and Florence Zwerling, dated August 26, 1965. Discusses plans to leave Mississippi and offers suggestions for spending time with his family upon his return to New York.

Photograph of the Basic College office featured in the 1967 Southerner yearbook on page 326. The Basic College initiated new students into Southern's academic community. Ninety hours of specific basic courses were required in the Basic College...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jon Kennedy. A zoo keeper wearing coveralls labeled "92nd Congress" and carrying a lunchbox walks briskly away from his work when he sees the time on his pocket watch. He had been near the open...

Photograph of registration. The caption reads, "Registration, held quarterly is one of the many necessary evils of university life. Standing in line for hours just to get inside and then finding that the class you've been waiting three quarters to...

From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen looks around a corner in the hallway of Charity Hospital. A sign with "Big Charity...Visiting hours" is on the wall above him. Litter is on the...

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. One man is leaning over the counter and several people are entering the store in the background.

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. A small crowd of men and boys are in the foreground while several people are walking away in the background. One boy in the foreground is...

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around various desks and counters.

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around various desks and counters.

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around various desks and counters.

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back right of the Thigpen Hardware Store. Many people are gathered around the counter.

From the Thigpen (S.G.) Papers. Photograph of the interior of Thigpen Hardware Store during business hours. Photograph taken from high in the back right of the Thigpen Hardware Store. A little girl is standing in the aisle. Many people are in...

Oral history.; Interview conducted on February 27, 1991 in the city hall of Corinth, Mississippi with Mayor Edward S. Bishop, Sr. Bishop was born in Starkville, Mississippi on December 11, 1907. In 1926, he completed high school at Jackson...

Oral history.; Ms. Margaret Keith Andresen was born in Biloxi, Mississippi on May 3, 1943. She attended Perkinston High School and the Perkinston Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. As a teacher at Moss Point High School from...

A collection of ten interviews with participants in the Mississippi civil rights movement. The people interviewed discuss how they came to participate in the civil rights movement, their various activities, including voter registration, Freedom...